To Live Is to Fly Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PineapplePrince 

Cover art for To Live Is to Fly lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

It means... this person is saying, right now everything is a mess... but I will be coming back to you so no matter what you think no matter our past together, no matter how we are both struggling with our lives The melody that is us still sings and I will return to you, so dry your tears. "I won't say I love you and I won't say I need you but I will get you, and I won't do you wrong" is saying I choose you, because I love you I choose you because I need you. I choose you because you are my future, so hold on. "I may be gone But it won't be long I will be a'bringin' back the melodies And rhythm that I find"

"We all got holes to fill Them holes are all that's real. Some fall on you like a storm, Sometimes you dig your own. The choice is yours to make, Time is yours to take; Some sail dive in the sea, Some toil upon the stone.

To live is to fly Low and high, So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes;

Shake the dust off of your wings And the tears out of your eyes."

He is saying he is a mess right now, but he is coming back. So don't cry, because he has chosen the girl he gave this too, but is struggling with his real life.
Won't say I love you, babe, Won't say I need you, babe, But I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong. Living's mostly wasting time And I'll waste my share of mine But it never feels too good, So let's don't take too long. You're soft as glass And I'm a gentle man;

He is wasting time with his real life issues, and giving her hope by saying I won't give up because he does need her and love her, he just does not want to say it, to show his pain for having to be away.

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